Wire-stretcher.



F. DAVIS.

WIRE STRETUHER.

APPLICATION FILED mm: e, 1908.

923,817. I Patented June 8,1909.

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FRANK DAVIS, OF LUTON, IOWA.

WIRE-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1908.

Patented. June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 437,114.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, FRANK DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Luton, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Wire-Stretchers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to means for stretching Wire, especially fencewire, and the object is to produce a simple and economical stretcheradapted for use in any connection and always ready for adjustment.

It is well known the wire stretchers now in general use are toocomplicated to be effective and more expensive in construction thannecessary. My stretcher can be made at a minimum of cost and by reasonof its simplicity is durable and efficient. I have illustrated myinvention in the accomp anying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a view ofthe same in plan adjusted to a post and secured to a section of wire.Fig. 2 is a view of the same adjusted to the opposite side of the postand adapted to stretch wire in the opposite direction from Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a side elevation of the stretcher.

The stretcher consists of a short bar A, made of iron, steel or othersuitable material, having brads a, projecting from each side thereof andadapted to enter the post E against which the bar is placed for use. Thebar is pivotally connected to a handle B by means of a halved joint, thetwo being secured together by a rivet C. The joint has a limitedmovement in either direction as the halved ends of each part form anapproximate miter joint in which the wire D is gripped. On one side, asshown in Fig. 1, 40 the halved end of the handle is rounded, forming acam, while the corresponding shoulder or ofiset of the bar is straight.When the bar is placed against the side of the post as shown in Fig. 1and the wire adjusted, the handle is pushed in the direction shown bythe arrow, which tightens the wire in the stretcher and gives suflicientleverage to draw the wire for any purpose. In Fig. 2 the stretcher isplaced on the opposite side of the post, it being desired to stretch thewire in the opposite direction as shown by the arrow. The form of thejoint on the opposite or under side, between the halved ends of the barand the handle, is reversed, the end of the bar being rounded while thecorresponding shoulder or offset of the lever is straight. The wire isplaced on the under or opposite side of the stretcher in this joint andthe handle bar pushed in the direction indicated by the adjacent arrow.The process of adjustment and operation is similar in whatever directionthe wire is stretched.

The leverage of the stretcher may be shortened or lengthened byadjusting the bar to the post by means of the brad nearest the joint orfarthest away, according to the degree of slackness of the wire or thetension to which it is desired to stretch the wire.

The bar and the handle may each be of any desired length according tothe force desired to exert in the process of stretching.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A wire stretcher comprising a fulcrum bar having a reduced end portionforming a rounded and a straight jaw-face, said bar be ing provided withteeth for engaging a post, a handle having a reduced end portionpivotally mounted on the reduced portion of the fulcrum bar, said handlehaving a rounded jaw face and a straight jaw-face the rounded jaw-faceco-acting with the straight jaw-face of the fulcrum bar, and thestraight jaw-face co-acting with the rounded jaw-face of the fulcrumbar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK DAVIS.

Witnesses:

F. J. AvENELL, B. F. BAYNE.

